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. >> reporter: the economy, jobs and the middle class are expected to be center stage tuesday night as president obama delivers his fourth state of the unnon address. while foreshadowing his second term agenda, the president will also be trying to take the high ground from republicans in the fight over budget cuts. >> they'd rather ask more from the vast majority of americans and put our recovery at risk than close even a single tax loophole that benefits the wealthy. >> reporter: the president and democrats are demanding what they see as a fair balance. >> so what we do need is more revenue and more cuts. >> what i would like to see that is in big, balanced, bold promos sal. >> if interest's no deal by march 1st, deep, automatic spending cuts kick in. >> these indiscriminate reductions do not make sense and we're going to hurt a lot of people and it's up to the president to act now. >> reporter: but not everyone believes those across the board cuts known as sequester could hurt the economy. >> president's now counter walling about the sequester, so are many of the republicans. people
. >> reporter: the economy, jobs and the middle class are expected to be center stage tuesday night as president obama delivers his fourth state of the unnon address. while foreshadowing his second term agenda, the president will also be trying to take the high ground from republicans in the fight over budget cuts. >> they'd rather ask more from the vast majority of americans and put our recovery at risk than close even a single tax loophole that benefits the wealthy. >>...
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but the economy and jobs are still really top of mind for many americans. what is the president's plan to get more americans working? >> i think you'll hear him talk about new spending initiatives. he'll talk about infrastructure, job training, that sort of thing. the big problem there is you've got house republicans not inclined to approve any more new spending plans. that's going to be tough for him to get through. i think he's going to try to raise the pressure on them to actually do something in terms of, you know, spending on infrastructure and job training and other stuff he brought up previously in his administration. it's a tough sell with house republicans. >> do we expect to hear any major policy initiatives on taxes or the budget? >> yeah. i think he'll talk about his balanced approach to deficit reduction. he'll talk about matching spending cuts with new revenues, particularly from tax reform. i think in particular you might hear him talk about raising private equity tax these guys pay at a low rate. he'll talk about raising that a little bit. o
but the economy and jobs are still really top of mind for many americans. what is the president's plan to get more americans working? >> i think you'll hear him talk about new spending initiatives. he'll talk about infrastructure, job training, that sort of thing. the big problem there is you've got house republicans not inclined to approve any more new spending plans. that's going to be tough for him to get through. i think he's going to try to raise the pressure on them to actually do...
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learning more about the speech, especially when it comes to the economy. white house aides tell nbc news all the president's initiatives will try to answer three different questions. one, how can the united states create more jobs at home? two, how does the country get its citizens the skills they need for these jobs? three, how does the nation help those working hard to make a decent living? all themes the president outlined in the re-election campaign. >> goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security and the deficit. real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs. >> top republicans including senator mcconnell already critical of the speech. >> i strongly suspect the white house will subject us to yet another campaign blitz. frankly, i could write the scripts myself and will be told the president's hands are tied by the sequester he proposed, signed and refuses to get rid of. >> we learned the president will make a major announcement of afghanistan announcing that 34,000 u.s. troops will return home from the region exactly one year from
learning more about the speech, especially when it comes to the economy. white house aides tell nbc news all the president's initiatives will try to answer three different questions. one, how can the united states create more jobs at home? two, how does the country get its citizens the skills they need for these jobs? three, how does the nation help those working hard to make a decent living? all themes the president outlined in the re-election campaign. >> goals in manufacturing, energy,...
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economy will be hit with $85 billion in across-the-board cuts. how can americans not be thinking okay, what does this mean to me? the stakes are high. they're really high. president obama is going to focus on the economy in his state of the union address tomorrow night. he needs to. the fragile economic recovery pretty much hangs in the balance when you throw numbers like this around. congress imposed this budget sequester on the country, and now they have just been unable to deal with it. here is a taste of what will happen. here is where the conversation gets a little dicey. it means between 600,000 and maybe a little bit more than a million jobs could be lost, depending on how businesses react to this. we've had 35 months of private sector job growth. that's a good number, with no republican help. and i think that job growth is going to be in jeopardy, not to mention the impact these cuts are going to have on discretionary spending. sheer an example. here is a tornado ripping through mississippi this weekend. they might need some federal help.
economy will be hit with $85 billion in across-the-board cuts. how can americans not be thinking okay, what does this mean to me? the stakes are high. they're really high. president obama is going to focus on the economy in his state of the union address tomorrow night. he needs to. the fragile economic recovery pretty much hangs in the balance when you throw numbers like this around. congress imposed this budget sequester on the country, and now they have just been unable to deal with it. here...
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making sure he's not drawn into a standoff with republicans over the economy which would quickly come to define his second term. today, he makes the case on immigration to business leaders, including ceos like steve case and monica lozano from his now disbanded jobs council and chief executives of coca-cola and yahoo!. he also meets with labor and progressive leaders. the meetings will focus on how immigration reform fits into his broader economic agenda. >>> homeland security secretary janet napolitano on monday brought that message to border security operations near san diego. >> our immigration system has been broken for far too long. time to fix it has come. time is of the essence. i believe the border is secure. i believe the border is a safe border. that's not to say that everything is 100%. >> today napolitano will visit the border in el paso, texas. the white house from the white house is immigration reform. yesterday the subject was guns with police officers behind him. the president called on congress to act. but then seemed to lower expectations for what will count in his h
making sure he's not drawn into a standoff with republicans over the economy which would quickly come to define his second term. today, he makes the case on immigration to business leaders, including ceos like steve case and monica lozano from his now disbanded jobs council and chief executives of coca-cola and yahoo!. he also meets with labor and progressive leaders. the meetings will focus on how immigration reform fits into his broader economic agenda. >>> homeland security...
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. >> president obama missed a great opportunity today to help our economy. this was supposed to be the day that the president submitted his budget to the congress. but it's not coming. it's going to be late. and some reports say that it could be as long as a month late. i think that's too bad. our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. >> all right, not just speaker boehner had the budget committee chairman, paul ryan says he's disappointed but not surprised. he notes the president has failed to submit his budget on time now in four out of the last five years. the white house hasn't been willing to say so far when the budgets will come out. tomorrow the house is going to vote on a bill that calls on the president to present a plan that will ultimately balance the budget. >>> president obama's pressing forward on two other issues he put front and center so far. immigration reform and gun control. today the president's going to meet at the white house for progressive and labor leaders and then separately he's going to get together with a doz
. >> president obama missed a great opportunity today to help our economy. this was supposed to be the day that the president submitted his budget to the congress. but it's not coming. it's going to be late. and some reports say that it could be as long as a month late. i think that's too bad. our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. >> all right, not just speaker boehner had the budget committee chairman, paul ryan says he's disappointed but not surprised. he...
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they attribute that to an improving economy and to the fiscal cliff deal. veronica. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> a major decision expected from the boy scouts of america. national board members set to vote on whether to lift the decade long ban on guy leaders and scouts. it comes after a meeting at the texas headquarters. it is a controversial issue from both sides and putting one of the largest youth organizations under a microscope. scouting should be open to everyone. texas governor rick perry expressed the opposite opinion. board members choose to scrap the policy, local scout units will be able to decide for themselves on whether or not to admit gays to the rankings. >>> on the heels of the boy scouts decision, the pentagon is announcing a policy shift for guy service members and partners. leon panetta expected to extend benefits to partners of personnel. it remains doubtful that medical, down theal and housing allowances are offered under the new proposal. an extension of those benefits require the repeal of the 1996 defense of marriage act. >>> he
they attribute that to an improving economy and to the fiscal cliff deal. veronica. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> a major decision expected from the boy scouts of america. national board members set to vote on whether to lift the decade long ban on guy leaders and scouts. it comes after a meeting at the texas headquarters. it is a controversial issue from both sides and putting one of the largest youth organizations under a microscope. scouting should be open to everyone. texas...
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the economy and jobs. as the president prepares to give his speech, the unemployment rate while down from the high in 2009 remains at 7.9%. the gdp report is a reminder of ow fragile the economy is. 36% said they either were very or fairly confident in the president's ability to promote a strong and agreeing economy. they say the speech will return to economic fairness he will talk about. >> this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share. everyone plays by the same rules. these aren't democratic or republican values or 1% values or 99% values. these are american values. we have to reclaim them. >> and the president will revisit themes from the reelection campaign outlining the plan to create jobs and grow the middle class. >> goals in receivering and education and national security and the deficit. real achievable plans that will lead to new jobs. >> and while the speech may come across as a laundry list tonight, there will be new initiatives intended to answer thre
the economy and jobs. as the president prepares to give his speech, the unemployment rate while down from the high in 2009 remains at 7.9%. the gdp report is a reminder of ow fragile the economy is. 36% said they either were very or fairly confident in the president's ability to promote a strong and agreeing economy. they say the speech will return to economic fairness he will talk about. >> this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share. everyone...
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. >> you'll hear from the president a very clear call for the need to take action to help our economy grow and help it create jobs. you will hear from him a wall as he have heard in the past recently from him on congress not to shoot the economy in the foot unnecessarily, to allow the sequester to kick in when it is wholly unnecessary to do that. >>> senate democrats are looking to have a bill ready by thursday that would head off the $8$85 billion in automatic spending cuts. new revenue is not part of the solution that republicans including the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell are looking for. >> unless senate democrats allow a reasonable spending cuttal terntive to pass this chamber before march 1st, the president's plan will go into effect. look, they knew this was coming more than a year ago. and, yet, they still haven't put ford forward a serious proposal of replacement spending cuts. what a colossal waste of time. >> president obama also expected to call for gun control legislation in tonight's state of the union address. vice president biden continuing on monday to take t
. >> you'll hear from the president a very clear call for the need to take action to help our economy grow and help it create jobs. you will hear from him a wall as he have heard in the past recently from him on congress not to shoot the economy in the foot unnecessarily, to allow the sequester to kick in when it is wholly unnecessary to do that. >>> senate democrats are looking to have a bill ready by thursday that would head off the $8$85 billion in automatic spending cuts. new...
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it remains a fragile economy. you said earlier in this interview that you don't think that these sequesters will provoke a double-dip recession. but this isn't going to help where we are now, is it? >> right. that's exactly my point. i mean, what we're talking about here -- if you think of the economy as sort of a bicycle, what you want to see is it moving enough so it's not wobbly. if you're growing at 2.5% to 3% which by the way cbo said yesterday growth could be 3%. but for all of this fiscal restrax we've been talking about now you're talking about 1.5%. that's a wobbly bicycle. yes, instead of building on some of the smengsed. job growth has done a little better than expected. instead of building on that kind of momentum, we're talking about yet another self-inflicted wound. i don't know how many times i've sat in the chair whether it's debt ceiling, sequester. we have got to stop inflicting wounds on this economy. it is political malpractice. >> indeed, it is. jared bernstein and dana milbank, thank you so m
it remains a fragile economy. you said earlier in this interview that you don't think that these sequesters will provoke a double-dip recession. but this isn't going to help where we are now, is it? >> right. that's exactly my point. i mean, what we're talking about here -- if you think of the economy as sort of a bicycle, what you want to see is it moving enough so it's not wobbly. if you're growing at 2.5% to 3% which by the way cbo said yesterday growth could be 3%. but for all of this...
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that starts with an economy that works for everybody. throughout my campaign and throughout many of your campaigns we talked about this bedrock notion that our economy succeeds and our economy grows when everybody is getting a fair shot and everybody is getting a fair shake, and everybody is playing by the same rules. we have an economy in which we're growing a vibrant middle class, that it grows from the middle out and the bottom up, not from the top down. over the next four years as i work with the caucus and every caucus, the question i will ask myself on every item, every issue is this helping to make sure that everybody has a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same rules. i believe that as a growth agenda. not just equity agenda. not just a fairness agenda. that is a growth agenda. that is when we have grown fastest. that means that what you'll hear from me next week, i'm going to be talking about making sure that we're focused on job creation here in the united states of america. it me
that starts with an economy that works for everybody. throughout my campaign and throughout many of your campaigns we talked about this bedrock notion that our economy succeeds and our economy grows when everybody is getting a fair shot and everybody is getting a fair shake, and everybody is playing by the same rules. we have an economy in which we're growing a vibrant middle class, that it grows from the middle out and the bottom up, not from the top down. over the next four years as i work...
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he didn't really talk that much about the economy. so, i guess not terribly surprising that this state of the union speech talks about it. >> right, no, not at all. you can look at the inauguration address as sort of a preview to the state of the union, if you will. so i'm not surprised they will focus on the economy because even if things are getting bett better, they will be the first to acknowledge that there are still steps they want to put in place to get more people back to work. >> fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling, immigration he said there's room but, look, republicans need to get religion on this. do you expect a similar tone in the state of the union? >> he has a limited amount of time. they feel they have a so-called m mandate from their victory not losing the senate. i think it's kind of full speed ahead for the president right now. he's going to go as bold as he can go, limited amount of time. i think i disagree a little bit on the economy. i think it's a course correction for him. i feel he's maybe second-guessing, not tal
he didn't really talk that much about the economy. so, i guess not terribly surprising that this state of the union speech talks about it. >> right, no, not at all. you can look at the inauguration address as sort of a preview to the state of the union, if you will. so i'm not surprised they will focus on the economy because even if things are getting bett better, they will be the first to acknowledge that there are still steps they want to put in place to get more people back to work....
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let me say one thing about the economy. the kind of things we're going to hear in the state of the union. when it comes to that executive actions are actually insufficient. >> right. >> you really need the purse strings of congress to do things that really move along jobs where. >> fermz of executive actions, there are two -- we did a little research on this. there are executive actions that's kind of a brought set of things, including memorandums and orders. orders send to strike the ayre of republicans in this particular congress because it sounds like the president is overreaching, but, karen, my question to you is, you know, there's this kind of pomp and circumstance about bipart sfwlanship on the night of the state of the union, you know, cats sit with dogs and dogs sit with cats and everybody pretends to get along for a second. i am worried that this thing is going to be ugly. >> i was going to say, with ted nugent in the house, i don't see cats and dogs sitting together. i think it will be the cats and the dogs. i do
let me say one thing about the economy. the kind of things we're going to hear in the state of the union. when it comes to that executive actions are actually insufficient. >> right. >> you really need the purse strings of congress to do things that really move along jobs where. >> fermz of executive actions, there are two -- we did a little research on this. there are executive actions that's kind of a brought set of things, including memorandums and orders. orders send to...
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. >> president obama will pivot back to the economy. >> that is not a prescription for getting a budget deal with the house republicans. >> the sequester turned into a ridiculous blame game. >> he is the one who proposed it in the first place. >> it is completely wrong and to make that argument requires a sequestration of memory. >> we have had plenty of spending cuts, what we need is growth deva vu all over again. >> there is a lot of energy coming from the tea party. >> the gop will not present a unifiy eied front. >> they want an independent voice. >> marco rubio, rand paul will both be giving responses. >> when the republican party chose paul ryan to give the official response. >> we want to work with the president. >> the tea party issued their own rebuttal. >> the tea party is a dynamic force for good. >> the republicans' problem these days is a brand problem. >> tomorrow is make or break. >> there is no shortage of things to say about the state of the union. >> the state-of-the-union address. >> the state of the union is fill in the blank. >> our future is hopeful. our journey go
. >> president obama will pivot back to the economy. >> that is not a prescription for getting a budget deal with the house republicans. >> the sequester turned into a ridiculous blame game. >> he is the one who proposed it in the first place. >> it is completely wrong and to make that argument requires a sequestration of memory. >> we have had plenty of spending cuts, what we need is growth deva vu all over again. >> there is a lot of energy coming...
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the president hasn't taken the eye off the ball on the economy. the president like everyone m white house is watching they know where the country is. they know what the country cares about and they know what the country supports. when it comes to immigration and gun control and the economy as the election prove, the american people are on the side of the president, not overwhelmingly but they are certainly more with the president than they are with members of congress who are standing in the way of the president getting anything done, which is why he is in "campaign mode" because if congress isn't going to work with you, then at least get the american people to get congress to pay attention to work with you. >> i want to add one thing here. it doesn't matter if he goes to every city in the country and spends his entire state of the union talking about spending on infrastructure and things of that nature, but the republican-led house is not going to go along with that. this is really an act in futility. >> dwoent know how. to be honest, we don't kn
the president hasn't taken the eye off the ball on the economy. the president like everyone m white house is watching they know where the country is. they know what the country cares about and they know what the country supports. when it comes to immigration and gun control and the economy as the election prove, the american people are on the side of the president, not overwhelmingly but they are certainly more with the president than they are with members of congress who are standing in the...
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>> think it will be focused mostly on the economy and jobs? the president ran on that issue last year and what's happened is that since november we've gotten sidetracked talking about deficit reduction. we talked about the fiscal cliff until the end of the year and we're talking about the debt deals and we're talking about sequestration and none of these terms came up during the debates or the election. what people are concerned about is the unemployment rate which is 7.9%. they're concerned about what the economy will do in the future and we saw with the gdp numbers just last quarter. when the gdp started to decline in the last quarter and it was because the government was pulling back and they needed to spend money and they wanted to reinvest in education and structure. >> you don't expect the president to call for additional spending measures on tuesday. >> he'll say we need to invest in making smart decisions and we need to make some cuts, too, but you have to do a balanced approach and republicans are proposing that we only cut spending a
>> think it will be focused mostly on the economy and jobs? the president ran on that issue last year and what's happened is that since november we've gotten sidetracked talking about deficit reduction. we talked about the fiscal cliff until the end of the year and we're talking about the debt deals and we're talking about sequestration and none of these terms came up during the debates or the election. what people are concerned about is the unemployment rate which is 7.9%. they're...
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. >> president obama will pivot back to the economy. >> that is not a prescription for getting a budget deal with the house republicans. >> the sequester turned into a ridiculous blame game. >> he is the one who proposed it in the first place. >> it is completely wrong and to make that argument requires a sequestration of memory. >> we have had plenty of spending cuts, what we need is growth deva vu all over again. >> there is a lot of energy coming from the tea party. >> the gop will not present a unified front. >> they want an independent voice. >> marco rubio, rand paul will both be giving responses. >> when the republican party chose paul ryan to give the official response. >> we want to work with the president. >> the tea party issued their own rebuttal. >> the tea party is a dynamic force for good. >> the republicans' problem these days is a brand problem. >> tomorrow is make or break. >> there is no shortage of things to say about the state of the union. >> the state-of-the-union address. >> the state of the union is fill in the blank. >> our future is hopeful. our journey goes f
. >> president obama will pivot back to the economy. >> that is not a prescription for getting a budget deal with the house republicans. >> the sequester turned into a ridiculous blame game. >> he is the one who proposed it in the first place. >> it is completely wrong and to make that argument requires a sequestration of memory. >> we have had plenty of spending cuts, what we need is growth deva vu all over again. >> there is a lot of energy coming...
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we're concerned about the economy. there's got to be a compromise. there's got to be a give and take. it can't be my way or the highway. we're concerned about gun control. that's something i think he is going to touch on. i think the war in afghanistan, wibding down that war. i think we're really at a crossroads in a lot of important things in our country's life, and i expect the president to articulate his view and i suspect i will support most of what he says. >> sir, last but not least, as i understand it, you always have something worked out in your head when you can grab the president's hand, something to say. have you figured out the one-liner? >> no, i just say whatever kind of moves me. the other day -- the other year, i should say, lst year i was on the republican side. president came down, and i grabbed him, and i said i thought i would sit on the republican side today to confuse you, and he laughed and thought that was really funny. he said i was looking at the democratic side and was wondering where is elliott? it's just kind of -- it's f
we're concerned about the economy. there's got to be a compromise. there's got to be a give and take. it can't be my way or the highway. we're concerned about gun control. that's something i think he is going to touch on. i think the war in afghanistan, wibding down that war. i think we're really at a crossroads in a lot of important things in our country's life, and i expect the president to articulate his view and i suspect i will support most of what he says. >> sir, last but not...
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. >>> our economy right now is headed in the right direction, >>> our economy right now is headed in the right direction, and it will stay that way as long as there aren't any more self-inflicted wounds coming out of washington. >> well, get ready, america. it look like the republicans would rather throw us into a self-inflicted recession rather than work with the president. in less than four weeks spending cuts are scheduled to kick in under the sequester. that's if president obama and congress fail to reach a budget deal. today president obama urged congress to pass a balanced short-term package to prevent the sequester from taking effect on march 1st. >> there is no reason that the jobs of thousands of americans who work in national security or education or clean energy, not to mention the growth of the entire economy, should be put in jeopardy just because folks in washington couldn't come together to eliminate a few special interest tax loopholes or government programs that we agree need some reform. >> and the president is correct there is no reason to put our fragile economy,
. >>> our economy right now is headed in the right direction, >>> our economy right now is headed in the right direction, and it will stay that way as long as there aren't any more self-inflicted wounds coming out of washington. >> well, get ready, america. it look like the republicans would rather throw us into a self-inflicted recession rather than work with the president. in less than four weeks spending cuts are scheduled to kick in under the sequester. that's if...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ >>> tonight in our survey, i in 2016. >>> and in the big finish tonight, republicans are proving once again they can't win with their ideas, so they're changing the rules of the election instead. you see, you do this when nobody is paying attention. president obama won six states controlled by republican governors and legislatures. as we reported last month, all six of those states started talking about real locating electoral college votes. they wanted to redistrict their way to victory. easy way to do it, right? but the national attention just scared them off. republicans in wisconsin, michigan, florida and ohio backed down. pennsylvania is the lone w
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in 2010 when conservative candidates campaigned on improving the economy? as far as i can tell the main target of all that economy-improving legislative energy was women's uteruses, which were targeted with a number of new laws restricting abortion access. it's like they think women making their own reproductive choices not wall street making bad bettes brought down the economy.
in 2010 when conservative candidates campaigned on improving the economy? as far as i can tell the main target of all that economy-improving legislative energy was women's uteruses, which were targeted with a number of new laws restricting abortion access. it's like they think women making their own reproductive choices not wall street making bad bettes brought down the economy.
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ >>> stop the presses. the right wing says there's a new model threat in town. ready for this one? newspapers. this paper maine's water bill morning sental started it all. paul le page says my greatest fear in the state of maine, newspapers, i'm not a fan of newspapers. nothing scarier than your local paper. means the governor is scared and so is texas arch conservative senator ted cruz. >> the first thing i would urge to the house of representatives is stop reading "the new york times." cancel your subscription. >> forget about changing their policies. republicans can just stop reading the paper. there's some scary stuff in there. republicans ignore any
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talking about the economy. talking about middle class. talking about immigration and now for all of us to come together and be excited about what the president is talking tomorrow night. >> i'm glad to hear he's speaking to the people because in the gun control conversation he needs to rally the people to maybe be able to get something done. how do you think he addresses gun control in the speech? >> first, you know, let's be cognizant that any time a life is lost something has to happen. we have can't continue and that's why the first lady went out the the funeral last weekend and the president talking tomorrow night it is about setting the tone already and shown that leadership. 23 executive actions. saying we can't wait any longer and congress we need for you to help us move forward and make the schools safe and military style assault weapons off the streets. make sure there's background checks and all of this is part of a collective process of the president setting that tone again tomorrow night, setting it again on friday in chicago
talking about the economy. talking about middle class. talking about immigration and now for all of us to come together and be excited about what the president is talking tomorrow night. >> i'm glad to hear he's speaking to the people because in the gun control conversation he needs to rally the people to maybe be able to get something done. how do you think he addresses gun control in the speech? >> first, you know, let's be cognizant that any time a life is lost something has to...
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the economy could become a liability with unemployment in the state still at 9.6%. voters are split 45/46 when it comes to approving how governor christie is approving the economy. he is getting bipartisan support. responding to clinton's doctor, who said she is worried that he may die in office, david actixed said when i weigh all the facts i have to side with christie. leave the poor guy alone. he told her that she should shut up during a press conference and things got even worse. >> it was essentially the tone of the press conference, but louder. >> so he yelled at you? >> uh-huh. it was hard to get anything across, yeah. >> he pretty much yelled the whole time? >> uh-huh. >> joining me now to talk about this and the other weirdest political headlines of the week, the laverne & shirley of the washington post. it is always a good evening when we can close it out, almost, with the two of you. gentlemen, thanks for joining me. >> thanks. this is a pleasure to be here on friday night. >> thank god it's friday. >> after four days of talking about his weight, your thi
the economy could become a liability with unemployment in the state still at 9.6%. voters are split 45/46 when it comes to approving how governor christie is approving the economy. he is getting bipartisan support. responding to clinton's doctor, who said she is worried that he may die in office, david actixed said when i weigh all the facts i have to side with christie. leave the poor guy alone. he told her that she should shut up during a press conference and things got even worse. >>...
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he'll zero in on the issue of the middle class advocating for what he described last week as a, quote, economy that works for everybody. tomorrow's speech is also going to focus on immigration, climate change and gun violence. big themes from the president's inaugural address last month. then on wednesday the president hits the road. he goes to asheville, north carolina. a three state tour. the presidential barnstorming is also going to hit atlanta and chicago later in the week. in tuesday's speech in the house chamber the president is going to come face to face with his congressional critics, including those who are now vowing to oppose his nomination for top cabinet spots. lindsey graham is leading that efrt. he's threatening to hold up those picks until the white house delivers more information on the september 11th attack in benghazi. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the cia directorship, hagel to be confirmed as secretary of defense until the white house gives us an accounting. did the president ever pick up the phone and call anyone in the lebanese government to
he'll zero in on the issue of the middle class advocating for what he described last week as a, quote, economy that works for everybody. tomorrow's speech is also going to focus on immigration, climate change and gun violence. big themes from the president's inaugural address last month. then on wednesday the president hits the road. he goes to asheville, north carolina. a three state tour. the presidential barnstorming is also going to hit atlanta and chicago later in the week. in tuesday's...
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at the white house president obama is preparing for a state of the union speech focussing on the economy, while vice president biden at this hour is in philadelphia pushing for new gun laws. we're breaking it down next in "the daily fix." this is andrea mitchell reports only here on msnbc. with tasty grilled flavor and goodness to savor ♪ ♪ friskies grillers blend. ♪ feed the senses. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. nope, i've got... [ voice of dennis ] the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. [ normal voice ] same agent and everything. it's like we're connected. no we're not. yeah, we are. no, we're not. ♪ ask an allstate agent about the value plan. are you in good hands?
at the white house president obama is preparing for a state of the union speech focussing on the economy, while vice president biden at this hour is in philadelphia pushing for new gun laws. we're breaking it down next in "the daily fix." this is andrea mitchell reports only here on msnbc. with tasty grilled flavor and goodness to savor ♪ ♪ friskies grillers blend. ♪ feed the senses. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new single serve cafe...
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making their own reproductive choices not wall streemaking bad bets brought down the economy. rachel will be back on monday. i'll see you tomorrow morning and sunday 10:00 am eastern. it's time now for the last word. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm alex wagner in tonight for lawrence o'donnell. republicans don't know how to quit grover nordquist. thelma do anything to avoid breaking up with him. chris hayes and governor howard dean join me to talk about dooms day sequester politics. today bubba told us what it will bring back these two little words, speaker pelosi. >>> and from chris christie's weight to hillary clinton's face to karl rove's pathological fear of ashley judd, it could not have been a weirder week for politics. all this is coming up. >>> first an update on the storm hitting the northeast. >> alex, thanks to you. i'm craig melvin. here is the very latest on that winter storm. new york transit authority has suspended the system that goes into kkds. rhode island and new york with limited in maine as well. governors have issued travel bans this afternoon for all
making their own reproductive choices not wall streemaking bad bets brought down the economy. rachel will be back on monday. i'll see you tomorrow morning and sunday 10:00 am eastern. it's time now for the last word. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm alex wagner in tonight for lawrence o'donnell. republicans don't know how to quit grover nordquist. thelma do anything to avoid breaking up with him. chris hayes and governor howard dean join me to talk about dooms day sequester politics....
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but the key focus is expected to be on the economy and job creation. and that vision turns right to action. the day after the speech, the president will go on the road to sell his agenda to trips to ashville, north carolina and atlanta. thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you, rev. >> feel better, reverend. >> i will. i will. let me ask you, e.j., how do you expect the state of the union to be different from his other state of the union speeches? >> well, i think this would be really deferent because let's think back. in 2009, he was dealing with an economic crisis that was handed him. in 2010, he was em battled on health care. in 2011, the democrats had just been shellacked and he had to dig out from that. this is a real opportunity for an obama strengthened by an election victory to lay out where he wants the country to duo. and i think -- and when you said in the intro, when you talked about job creation in the economy, i think it's really important that he shift the focus of washington. i think the country's focus has already shifted away from
but the key focus is expected to be on the economy and job creation. and that vision turns right to action. the day after the speech, the president will go on the road to sell his agenda to trips to ashville, north carolina and atlanta. thanks for being here tonight. >> thank you, rev. >> feel better, reverend. >> i will. i will. let me ask you, e.j., how do you expect the state of the union to be different from his other state of the union speeches? >> well, i think...
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the cbo projects the economy will grow at a measly rate of 1.4% this year and 3.4% next year. the cbo forecast is correct, 2014 will be the sixth consecutive year with unemployment above 7.5%, but expect to hear from republicans about another big number in that report, and although the federal deficit will drop below $1 trillion in 2013, the first time since 2008 for that, the federal debt will stay at historically high levels relative to the economy through 2023 when it will equal 77% of the gross domestic product. moving on to the drone story. president obama's time in office, u.s. military and cia drone strikes have accelerated an an unprecedented pace to eight times the level under president george w. bush. after nbc news exclusively obtained a 16-page justice department white paper that concluded that strikes that target and kill u.s. citizens who are operational leaders of al qaeda and are in fact a lawful act of national self-defense, civil libertarian groups, including the aclu, which is challenging the drone policy and suing the u.s. government over anwar al alaki's d
the cbo projects the economy will grow at a measly rate of 1.4% this year and 3.4% next year. the cbo forecast is correct, 2014 will be the sixth consecutive year with unemployment above 7.5%, but expect to hear from republicans about another big number in that report, and although the federal deficit will drop below $1 trillion in 2013, the first time since 2008 for that, the federal debt will stay at historically high levels relative to the economy through 2023 when it will equal 77% of the...
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one thing that should be said about sequester is it's very tough on the economy. i was talking to mark zandi the other day of moody's. he's looking at about a half percentage point hit to gdp growth due to sequester. that's pretty large. >> so a number of politicians including the house budget committee chair, paul ryan, they think the sequester is going to happen. do republicans believe that anything can be gained politically if it happens? what are the partisan motives behind this? >> i think there is a lot of bluffing happening around the sequester. you will remember during the campaign mitt romney and paul ryan crisscrossed the country saying these cuts would be devastating for the country and they would hollow out defense. important to know the pentagon gets treated incredibly roughly under the sequester. just a couple months ago, republicans could see no way forward with this sequester, it was a total disaster for them. then they decide not to fight on the debt ceiling and they need to move the attention on to something else. say they do have leverage elsewh
one thing that should be said about sequester is it's very tough on the economy. i was talking to mark zandi the other day of moody's. he's looking at about a half percentage point hit to gdp growth due to sequester. that's pretty large. >> so a number of politicians including the house budget committee chair, paul ryan, they think the sequester is going to happen. do republicans believe that anything can be gained politically if it happens? what are the partisan motives behind this?...
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it's all about the economy. finally, he's going to be having a substantive conversation about the economy. >> jimmy, your turn. >> jonathan schat in this week's "new york" magazine has written a great article about how republican state legislators are trying to gerrymander the public, the popular vote back to the rural districts and take away the popular vote from an overwhelmingly democratic country. >> that's interesting. okay, irin, your must-read? >> this is a sunday afternoon read. relax, you'll be more productive, not that i'm actually putting it into practice. >> who does that? >> here we are working on a sunday afternoon. spend more time doing less. relax. it will make you a better employee. >> okay, well, good advice, then. robert, jimmy, irin, good to see you all. >> thanks. >> thank you so much. and you did that in perfect time because that is a wrap of "weekends with alex witt." up next, "meet the press" and craig melvin will have more news coming up at 3:00 p.m. eastern. have a great day, everyone.
it's all about the economy. finally, he's going to be having a substantive conversation about the economy. >> jimmy, your turn. >> jonathan schat in this week's "new york" magazine has written a great article about how republican state legislators are trying to gerrymander the public, the popular vote back to the rural districts and take away the popular vote from an overwhelmingly democratic country. >> that's interesting. okay, irin, your must-read? >> this...
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ultimately this is a speech that is focused on the economy. the president has gone a little bit wayward. i think of his own choosing to talk about immigration, gun rights. in some ways the gun rights issue is thrust upon him by what happened in connecticut late last year. i think this is an attempt for him to refocus both himself and his party and to be honest republicans on the challenges that lay ahead many terms of spending, debt, how to get the unemployment rate down from 17.9%. which is the ultimate challenge of his second term, and i think how his legacy will begin to be shaped. that depends much on how the economy does or does not improve in his second term. >> mike allen, in talking to key democratic senators who have been talking to the president about all of this, they say that he is willing to commit to some entitlement cuts. that he is going to show some leg in terms of what he will do. he still wants a deal and thinks one is possible, but this is the tough it's part of what they're trying to achieve up there. they're making progre
ultimately this is a speech that is focused on the economy. the president has gone a little bit wayward. i think of his own choosing to talk about immigration, gun rights. in some ways the gun rights issue is thrust upon him by what happened in connecticut late last year. i think this is an attempt for him to refocus both himself and his party and to be honest republicans on the challenges that lay ahead many terms of spending, debt, how to get the unemployment rate down from 17.9%. which is...
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there is a way to address budgetary and gdeficit issues ad invest in our economy. there's a way to protect people who are must vulnerable and to ask people who have been blessed to pony up a little bit more. it's not going to stop them from getting yachts and planes and all those goodies. but kids will have meals. >> yes, indeed. >> and seniors will have warm houses to live in. >> joy, i seem to recall that this issue of closing loopholes and reducing deductions was suggested by some republicans not so long ago. take a listen. >> we propose to close those special interest loopholes. let's ged rid of special interest loopholes. plug loopholes, lower everybody's tax rates. get rid of special interest loopholes. plug these loopholes. >> so for mr. ryan, plugging loopholes is great when mitt romney proposes it as an idea but as soon as the president does, it's off the table. >> first of all, who is mitt romney. >> sorry? >> oh, right, that guy. i remember him. you're exactly right. you were getting to it in your intro, the sequester was the ransom that republicans in t
there is a way to address budgetary and gdeficit issues ad invest in our economy. there's a way to protect people who are must vulnerable and to ask people who have been blessed to pony up a little bit more. it's not going to stop them from getting yachts and planes and all those goodies. but kids will have meals. >> yes, indeed. >> and seniors will have warm houses to live in. >> joy, i seem to recall that this issue of closing loopholes and reducing deductions was suggested...
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we just can't -- in a bad economy, we can't keep raising taxes. suddenly you're, like, you know what? that guy's right. middle america's going, that guy's right. we can't keep raising taxes while the economy is weak. >> not to mention, and tom cole said the same thing yesterday, we just gave you a tax increase. >> rate. >> we just did this with the fiscal cliff. so why should we do this again? we gave last time. we should get some this time. but if you listen to those two sides yesterday on all the sunday shows, it's hard to imagine that the sequester won't happen. i mean, i don't -- they're not even close at this point. there's no middle ground. >>> before we talk about the state of the union which, of course, takes place tomorrow night -- >> i am so excited about that. >> yes. >> i know you are, too. >> i am. >> got the popcorn ready. i'm going to hear him talk about saving entitlements. getting out of afghanistan. >> it's going to be fantastic. >> i'm excited. >> nbc confirms, though, first -- >> not killing americans without due process. there
we just can't -- in a bad economy, we can't keep raising taxes. suddenly you're, like, you know what? that guy's right. middle america's going, that guy's right. we can't keep raising taxes while the economy is weak. >> not to mention, and tom cole said the same thing yesterday, we just gave you a tax increase. >> rate. >> we just did this with the fiscal cliff. so why should we do this again? we gave last time. we should get some this time. but if you listen to those two...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ looks like you're in a pickle. yeah. can you get me out of it ? just so happens i know a chap... book any flight and hotel together and get access to our free personal concierge service. any need, any question, we're on call 24/7. with multiple lacerations to the wing and a fractured beak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell phone? aflac, but i doubt he'll be using his phone for quite a while cause like i said, he has a fracture
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. >> president obama missed a great opportunity today to help our economy. this was supposed to be the day the president submitted his budget to the congress. but it's not coming. it's going to be late and some reports say it could be as long as a month late. i think that's too bad. our economy could use some presidential leadership right no now. >> i thought it was -- you know, i thought that was very reasonable and rational. how many days has it been, alex, since the democrats have put a bed on the floor in the senate. >> 1,378. >> look at that. boom! look at that! >> he was so earring fger for t budget he was going to go through in detail. >> peter, you want alex sitting next to you for any trivial pursuit game. boo boom. >> you should see him on ag subsidies. >> really quickly, peter, democrats don't want to show their hand. they haven't wanted to show their hand for years. >> i think the problem here is both sides don't want to fill in the details. republicans, too. republicans have not put down specifically what they want to do. >> paul ryan put out a
. >> president obama missed a great opportunity today to help our economy. this was supposed to be the day the president submitted his budget to the congress. but it's not coming. it's going to be late and some reports say it could be as long as a month late. i think that's too bad. our economy could use some presidential leadership right no now. >> i thought it was -- you know, i thought that was very reasonable and rational. how many days has it been, alex, since the democrats...
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